Indianola Newspapers
The Library maintains a list of Indianola newspapers on microfilm that can be used in the library. Digital Warren County newspaper archives from 1857 - 1983 are available online through the Warren County Historical Society.
Indianola Public Library Records
Digital records of the early years of the Indianola Public Library are available through the University of Iowa's Carnegie Libraries in Iowa project. Records include early library board meeting minutes, collection records, and list of card holders. Specifications for the original Carnegie library are also online.
Yearbooks
The Indianola Public Library has a historic collection of Indianola High School Pow Wow and Simpson College Zenith yearbooks. These are a great resource for research or for a trip down memory lane, and are available to browse in the library.
Unfortunately, we are missing yearbooks from a few years. We are looking for donations for these missing yearbooks. If you would like to donate your copy of the Pow Wow or Zenith from the list of missing below, please bring it to the library. Thanks for your help in making our genealogy collection great!
Indianola High School Pow Wow
We are seeking donations for:
1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s |
| 1946 | 1955 | 1964 | 1970 | 1980 |
| 1948 | Bound copies of | 1969 | 1971 | 1982 |
| 1949 | any year |
| 1972 | 1983 |
| of this decade |
| 1973 | 1985 |
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| 1977 | 1986 |
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| 1978 |
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Simpson College Zenith
We are seeking donations for:
Anything before 1907 (except 1901 and 1905)
| 1940s | 1970s | 1990s | 2000s |
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| 1944 | 1976 | 1990 | 2000 |
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Other Resources
Historical Maps from the Iowa DOT
IAGenWeb Project
Iowa Genealogical Society
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
Warren County Genealogical Society
Warren County Historical Society
